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The Shirehorses

Band, *1997 GB, Manchester
Rock and Pop
A.k.a. Alan Bawl (No Relation) Alladin-Ane Baby Bloke Cheeper Dick Cave & The Bad Cheese Doofergrass Edwyn Bobbins Flush (4) Frank Spencer Blues Explosion Gazebo (2) Moronico Peela Tater Po-Fasis The Charley Twins The Ra-Gnomes

The Shirehorses are a spoof band comprising two BBC Radio DJs from Manchester, Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley, known collectively as Mark and Lard.As part of their BBC Radio 1 shows, the pair produced pastiches of chart songs, such as "You're Gormless", a parody of Babybird's "You're Gorgeous", "Lardy Boy", a parody of Placebo's "Nancy Boy", and "Why Is It Always Dairylea", spoofing Travis's "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?", using the band names 'Baby Bloke', 'Gazebo' and 'Dave Lee Travisty' respectively. When they rewrote The Seahorses' "Love Is the Law" as "(Now) I Know (Where I'm Going) Our Kid", they chose the stage-name Shirehorses, which they then retained for future recordings and performances. Other parodies include "I Want a Roll with It" (spoofing "Roll with It" by Oasis), "Feel L

Members

	Mark Radcliffe dr, perc *1958 GB
	Marc Riley g *1961 GB